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UML 2.0 Full Suite; MetaObjects Standards Complete

2003-06-13

Modeling may get easier for developers to implement and support since the OMG completed its work on defining UML 2.0 and MetaObjects 2.0 standards. See how the work aims to expedite use and deployment of model-based application development, especially for object- and XML-based applications in Java, .NET and CORBA-based legacy environments.

On the eve of next week's JavaOne, there are signs that the major Java vendors -- IBM, Oracle, BEA, Sun, Borland and many others -- are each in their own way looking to re-invigorate the development language, and the community. See where the pushes -- and pulls -- will come from in the Java world this summer.

Recent research from Gartner Dataquest finds there will be a strong pick up in demand for developers and integrators with skills using XML, SOAP, .NET and Java. In this report for IDN from senior Gartner analysts, developers get in-depth data on how IT execs plan to deploy web services over the next 12 months -- from the projects being built to the products being used. See why Gartner says devs with skills in Microsoft, Oracle and IBM have the most momentum.

Like many Java tools providers, Seagull is looking to lower the bar on the complexity of building web services -- especially when writing custom GUIs. Unlike many Java vendors, however, Seagull has a novel strategy: Release a drag-and-drop tools environment based on Microsoft's ASP.NET. See how Seagull says its visual ASP.NET tool will help developers -- even on the Java side -- speed the deployment and customization of their web services.

ZapThink, a Waltham, Mass.-based research firm, predicts the release of SOAP 1.2 will fuel the search for -- and development of -- tools and technologies that help developers (and sysadmins) make sure that the web services they build today will work optimally. If you're preparing for SOAP 1.2, take a tour of the web services management options that await you.

For sysadmins and developers looking to better integrate their Windows, Java and Unix resources, one long-time services firm has amassed a long list of tools and utilities. IDN takes a look at how Interop Systems, and its vast tools warehouse for Interix, is helping enterprise techs better support end-to-end dataflow and management over mixed Unix/Windows environments.

In this case study, IDN takes a look at how the proper use of .Net, SOAP and XML tools and "project targeting" strategies are fueling developer productivity. The proper combo of tools, talents and the right project are enabling one developer to do the work of three at one dev shop, even when taking on tough custom GUI and integration projects.

See how developers at one online auto repair service married XML with .NET and BizTalk technologies to build a complex web services project that brings everything a customer could want to know about his car under one hood -- including scheduling, pricing, paying, knowing what was wrong -- and even picking out a loaner. Tips and lessons learned -- regardless of your product choice -- are also featured.

Frustrated by the cost and proprietary nature of today's ERP/EAI middleware, developers at the University of Illinois are creating an ambitious open alternative to proprietary brokers and Java connectors. With a well-mixed brew of XML, SOAP, message queuing, ERP APIs, and Java, The OpenEAI Project is now releasing code and template work to developer review. Get a closer look, and download some code.

Enterprise developers in the financial sector will find one legacy vendor is making it easier to build web services that connect to legacy applications. Misys' Midas straight-through processing system, used by more than 800 banks and financial institutions worldwide, has opened up the gates to back-end data, applications and workflow through support for XML, SOAP, Java and VB/ASP. See what's bankable for web services development in the new release.

IDN takes an in-depth developers' look at WS-Security, now before WS-I's Basic Security Working Group. IDN spoke with Steven Van Roekel, a Microsoft web services director, and one of the co-authors WS-Security with IBM, Versign and others. He details the vision and benefits of the proposal, discusses how developers can use it, what cross-platform features exist and are planned, and how WS-Security backers are working with other camps.

More and more often, enterprise developers of all stripes (Java, VB/.NET, C++, etc.) are asked to build cross-database access for applications and end users. This week, as part of IDN's reference library series for "developers as integrators," IDN presents the latest in a growing list of cross-db methods for JDBC, OBDC, ADOdb, JDO, SQL and XML.